Pakistan demands probe into India’s illegal Uranium trade
Top Story
June 5, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Pakistan has demanded a thorough investigation into the reports of illegal uranium trade in India, after seven more people were arrested for possessing radioactive material.
The statement comes after police in Indian Jharkhand state on Thursday arrested seven people for possessing and planning to sell ‘mineral uranium’ in the black market, according to The Indian Express.
“We have seen the reports about yet another incident of attempted illegal sale of 6 kg of Uranium in India,” said Foreign Office spokesperson Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri in a statement on Friday.
Pakistan demands thorough probe into India s illegal uranium trade
Top Story
June 5, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Pakistan has demanded a thorough investigation into the reports of illegal uranium trade in India, after seven more people were arrested for possessing radioactive material.
The statement comes after police in Indian Jharkhand state on Thursday arrested seven people for possessing and planning to sell ‘mineral uranium’ in the black market, according to The Indian Express.
“We have seen the reports about yet another incident of attempted illegal sale of 6 kg of Uranium in India,” said Foreign Office spokesperson Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri in a statement on Friday.
KUALA LUMPUR, June 5 The 27th Apec Ministers Responsible for Trade (MRT) Meeting which is scheduled tonight will focus on the role trade can play in defeating Covid-19, and the importance of maintaining an open trade in recovering from the economic crisis. The ministers are expected to exchange.
Peshawar
June 5, 2021
NOWSHERA: Chief Minister Mahmood Khan said on Friday industrialization was in progress in KP as per the vision of Prime Minister Imran Khan that would make the province a trade hub.
He was talking to the media during a short visit to the Nowshera district where he met retired Lt-General Alam Khattak, former district nazim Daud Khan Khattak to offer them condolences on the death of their aunt and mother of Engineer Ahmad Ali.
The chief minister told reporters that Rashakai Economic Zone, industrial estates at Swat, Dera Ismail Khan and Chitral were being set up that would make KP a trade hub once again.
Synopsis
The problem that many businesses face, like last year, is that of manpower. But where last year, the crisis was because of the large-scale migration of workers, this time around, it’s because Covid is leaving few families unscathed.
Getty Images
India s exports in April 2021 were recorded at $30.63 billion, as compared to $10.36 billion in April 2020, exhibiting a growth of 195.72%.
When the second wave of Covid hit, the country braced for economic disaster, anticipating worse than what happened last year. So far, that hasn’t happened, and judging by all evidence, it seems unlikely that trade and economy will take as much of a beating this year as it did in 2020. There are definitely green shoots of hope on the economic front. So, what went right this time?